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We had a lot of fun exploring everyone's take on the topic. With table after table of hand-crafted toys jockeying for visual affection, it was tough to pick ten favorites. But we did it anyway. Here they are: The Ten Best Customized Toys From Vinyl T...

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The conductor -- at DSO it's Jaap van Zweden -- will let you know when the piece is over and it's time to clap.
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Last weekend, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra launched its 2012/2013 s...

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Am I the only one that screamed "Falcor!" at the end of that video? The Red Bull Soapbox Derby race is only ONE of many, many amazingly awesome things going on this weekend: There's a fashion show on a floating runway, the Observer's Brewfest, dogs...

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Mitch West -- Saturday at the Dallas Comedy House
Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar.
Mitch West at the Dallas Comedy House benefiting the DREAM Fund
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Brooke Breit and Ed Furman visited Dallas to gather material before writing the show.
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So a couple of snooty critics and uptight theater patrons are upset a...

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Entertainment legends Lily Tomlin (Sunday, February 10) and Joan Rivers (March 10) have both been booked to appear at the Winspear, and so has most of the weekend cast of NPR.
Tomlin, who will always have a spot in our hearts for her one-woman perf...

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The original "pack leader" and canine mentalist Cesar Milan comes to the Winspear on May 30, with tickets going on sale this Friday, September 14. It will be an evening of conversation with Milan, coupled with demonstration. He's scheduled to speak a...

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As the summer of self-plagiarism comes to a close, add Terrence Malick to the list of those accused of this debatable crime: The auteur's quick follow-up to last year's The Tree of Life, To The Wonder, is a romance set in present-day Paris and rural ...

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A little over a month ago we told you about the installation, but now that it's been built, here's a little update for you. I spoke with Rabbi Zvi Drizin of The Intown Chabad about this project and what it means for Uptown. Where did the idea come fr...

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For maybe the first hour of Yellow (written and directed by Nick Cassavetes, the man responsible for the national treasure that is The Notebook), I kept thinking about another film premiering here in Toronto, Frances Ha, co-written by and starring Gr...

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It was week two of Four Nights Four Decades, a celebration of four decades of video art leading up to Dallas VideoFest. This slick installment was dedicated to the lurid, pop decadent 1980s, my coming-of-age decade, currently being gilded by those bo...

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No flab? Check. No shirt? Check. No singing talent? Check, and you still get a paycheck if Dallas Opera deems you and your tight abs suitable for casting as an extra in the upcoming p...

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The best, most daring and form-defying documentaries in the world right now are being funded by the Danish Film Institute, and so it goes that the nonfiction knockout of TIFF thus far is The Act of Killing -- made with Danish support and directed by ...

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There's something so seductive about the Stoneleigh Penthouse. Its plush interior mimics an early century speakeasy. That time period tug was extra alluring last Saturday when the come-hither vixens La Divina, Ruby Joule, and Eva Strangelo...

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Saturday night's Dallas Symphony Orchestra gala was a Jaap van Zweden one-two punch. After conductor Zweden led the orchestra in its opening performance of the season, his daughter, sexy socialite Anna-Sophia (above, right), put on one hell of an aft...

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An intimate relationship between a fisherman and a lobster. An ice cube waxing on the topic of modern refrigeration. A team of kung fu chefs, negating peril from aggressive, mutated chickens. A woman with orange juicers for breasts. It can only be Fa...

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Jaap Van Zweden
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If you're like a lot of people I know, you'd love to go hear a classical music performance now and again. But saying you'd like to go hear some art music and actually ...

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Those tireless video artists of the Dallas Video Festival want everything to run seamlessly when they present their work on Wednesday, September 26. In order to that...